Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun christmas

2 senses of christmas

Sense 1
Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule, Yuletide, Noel -- (period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6)
       => season -- (a recurrent time marked by major holidays; "it was the Christmas season")

Sense 2
Christmas, Christmas Day, Xmas, Dec 25 -- (a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland)
       => legal holiday, national holiday, public holiday -- (authorized by law and limiting work or official business)
       => holy day of obligation -- (a day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion)
       => quarter day -- (a Christian holy day; one of four specified days when certain payments are due)
       => feast day, fete day -- (a day designated for feasting)